Sales Engineer, Dataiku
Paris
1-5 days a week in office
Platform for AI success
Job no longer available
Platform for AI success
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
1-5 days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
To unite people, data, governance, and technology.
Role
Who you are
- Strong natural and intellectual curiosity especially around the application of technology to solve all kinds of problems, with the confidence to ask deep questions to understand prospective customer’s current and desired future state
- Experience in technical pre-sales, preferably in a high-growth environment
- Experience in value orientated selling of product and platform solutions
- Experience in the data science, analytics, or big data markets preferred but not required
- Familiarity with data storage and computing infrastructure for data of all sizes (SQL, NoSQL, Kubernetes, Spark, etc)
- Comfortability talking to all levels of customer teams from individual contributors to C-level executives
- Experience in Analytics/AI or other enterprise software
- Previously worked in a fast paced, growing company
- Demonstrate leadership and influence beyond your own accounts by encouraging other members of your team or your region
- Experience with large global Manufacturing or Defence customers is a plus
What the job involves
- Qualify deals through collaboration with the Account Executive (AE), the Business Development Representative (BDR), and sales management
- Conduct Discovery meetings and learn from the customer and the BDR about the customer’s business requirements and technical environment
- Articulate to the Account Team and to the customer usage scenarios that illustrate the business value desired by the customer
- Use Dataiku to demonstrate the business value articulated in the usage scenarios
- Design and create Dataiku additional demonstrations, Proofs-of-Concept (POC), and evaluations that clearly illustrate how to apply Dataiku to deliver the required customer value
- Execute demonstrations, POCs, and evaluations through coordination of the physical and human resources of Dataiku and the customer; lead the combined team to carry out the agreed upon course of action to prove that Dataiku delivers the needed value better than our competitors
- Create and develop technical champions in your accounts to drive deals and achieve a technical win
- Answer questions and provide technical guidance to the customer’s technical team regarding the demonstrated or evaluated solutions
- Assist in sales pipeline building activities including attendance at live and/or virtual trade-shows and industry conferences, working with marketing and or partners on campaign design and execution and other activities specified by sales and pre-sales management
- Provide regular updates on your activities to support accurate regional forecasting, participate in continuous development activities that expand or build on your knowledge and skills with new product releases, GTM programs and initiatives & relevant enablement sessions, participate in departmental activities like GTM or SE offsites
Our take
Dataiku was founded on the principle that companies must use data to continuously innovate to succeed in a rapidly evolving ecosystem. As a centralized data platform, Dataiku guides businesses from analytics at scale to enterprise AI. It provides a common ground for data experts and explorers, offering best practices, shortcuts to AI deployment, and a controlled environment.
Customers like Unilever, GE, and Comcast use Dataiku to accelerate growth and innovation by removing roadblocks and enabling faster, smarter work. Despite substantial funding in 2023, Dataiku faced a 20% lower valuation than in 2021, indicating challenges even for successful tech firms. Nonetheless, Dataiku launched its Dataiku 11 platform in 2022, continuing to enhance its offerings.
In 2024, Dataiku announced a strategic alliance with Teragonia, a leading provider of AI solutions for private equity portfolio value creation. This collaboration leverages Dataiku's AI capabilities to enhance Teragonia's real-time analytics and strategic agility, aiming to accelerate revenue growth and profitability for clients. This partnership reflects Teragonia's trust in Dataiku's technology and underscores the platform's ability to democratise data and empower private equity firms to unlock significant value.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)
Dec 2022
$200m
SERIES F
Aug 2021
$400m
SERIES E
Total funding: $847.1m
Company HQ
125 West 25th Street, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10001, USA
Leadership
Clément Stenac
(Co-Founder & CTO)Previously worked at Exalead for 6 years, first as Software engineer for 3 years and then as Software Architect and Manager also for 3 years.
Florian Douetteau
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously worked at Exalead for 11 years, holding various positions such as Director - Advanced Development, VP - Research and Technology and VP - Product Management.
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